| California | |
| Director: | W. S. Van Dyke |
| Producer: | Erich Pommer |
| Screenplay: | Marian Ainslee Ruth Cummings Frank Davis |
| Story: | Peter B. Kyne |
| Starring: | Tim McCoy Dorothy Sebastian Marc McDermott Frank Currier Fred Warren |
| Cinematography: | Clyde De Vinna |
| Editing: | Basil Wrangell |
| Studio: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributor: | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Runtime: | 56 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
California is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and written by Marian Ainslee, Ruth Cummings and Frank Davis. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Sebastian, Marc McDermott, Frank Currier and Fred Warren. The film was released on May 7, 1927, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.[1] [2]
The film dramatized the Battle of San Pasqual, of December 6–7, 1846, a battle of the Mexican–American War 1846-1848, in which General Stephen W. Kearny's U.S. Dragoons fought Californio lancers in the San Pasqual Valley, just east of Escondido, California.[3]